Both _Chabasu_ and _Hammemit_ have the sign of the plural, which may
arise from the omission of _who art above_ before the first of these
words. Unfortunately we have no other copy to check the readings. But
it is certain that the sign of plurality is often affixed to words
which though in plural form (like the Latin _moenia_, _literae_,
_tenebrae_) have a singular meaning. _Chabasu_ means a _lamp_, and the
stars, especially the decans, were called by this appellation.
_Hammemit_ is the name given to those yet unborn.
Footnote 17:
⁂⁂⁂_Un-tȧ_, signifies the god who assumes the face or form of
a _Hare_ ⁂, just as _Mau-tȧ_ signifies the god with the face or
form of a Cat, _Tehuta_, the god with the head or form of an Ibis.
Footnote 18:
I am deeply grieved that in my conversation and correspondence with
Goodwin (see my _Miscellaneous Notes on Egyptian Philology_, p. 15), I
hit upon ‘Ennead’ as a translation of ⁂. Goodwin took it up, and
it has since been productive of much mischief. The word in itself
(like Triad), is perfectly innocent and correct, yet every word has
its ‘cycle’ of associations, and some of them lead the unwary astray.
I had just been lecturing on Plotinus when Goodwin asked me for the
word.
Footnote 19:
The _four_ children of Horus are called (_Tempelins._, I, 41, 1)
⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂⁂.
PLATE IV.
BOOK OF THE DEAD.
CHAPTER XVI.
[Illustration:
=A.=—THE RISING SUN.
Papyrus, Leyden Museum, II.
]
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_See_ NAVILLE’s “Book of the Dead,” I, Pl. 21.
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PLATE V.
BOOK OF THE DEAD.
CHAPTER XVI.
[Illustration:
=B.=—THE SETTING SUN.
Papyrus, Leyden Museum.
]
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_See_ NAVILLE's “Book of the Dead,” I, Pl. 22.
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CHAPTER XVI.
NOTE.
When Lepsius divided the _Todtenbuch_ into 165 chapters, that portion of
it which was numbered as Chapter 16, was in fact merely the Vignette of
Chapter 15.
It has been thought well to publish with this translation the Vignettes
from the great Papyrus _La_ of Leyden, representing _a_, the Rising; and
_b_, the Setting Sun. (_See plates._)
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